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Read more about JOHN MCLACHLAN (Kojak) 1962-2011
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The Reckoning

By celticman on Sat, 22 May 2021

Their turf roof sunk into the sides and the hut staggered like a drunken soldier. It stood out from the others because it lay on the knob of earth...

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Remember Me As I Was.

By celticman on Fri, 21 May 2021

Oatmeal for breakfast on a Monday, served lukewarm or cold. I chewed slowly, the plastic tray on his lap as I sat on my bunk. Grey food, slop, you...

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Archie McDougall 5/7/1958-12/5/2021. RIP.

By celticman on Thu, 13 May 2021

My brother, Bod, phoned to tell me Archie was dead. It was quick. I rolled out the platitudes. He was his pal, much more than mine. Archie only came...

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Sooz 9

By celticman on Sun, 09 May 2021

The best place for a walk in Clydebank was down by the Clydeside. Eddie could get out from under his wife’s feet and take a dander down to Cable...

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1850 of my comments have received 1904 Great Feedback votes

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there is a hollowing out of

Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024

there is a hollowing out of the middle-class. the working-class is already fucked. the centre cannolt hold?

Posted in Productivity is Dead

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it is a big deal because it's

Posted on Fri, 09 Feb 2024

it is a big deal because it's a big deal. I wonder if Spencer's excess exuberance will make it a bigger deal.

Posted in Parcel for You..Part 18

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phew, it's a toughie. No

Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024

phew, it's a toughie. No right or wrong answers. My mum went into a home. I think it was the right thing. But I was glad when she died.

Posted in The Home

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ah, you had me going there, I

Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024

ah, you had me going there, I thought it was Jesus, but it was an old freind, much the same thing in some circles.

Posted in We Watched from the Shore

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dreams are the stuff of

Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024

dreams are the stuff of nightmares, indeed.

Posted in "Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)

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I do not share in your

Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024

I do not share in your adoration of the former Queen or Prince, now King, Charles. But hey, we're aw Jock Tamson's bairns.

Posted in Didn't See That Coming.

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quite worrying. Spencer is

Posted on Wed, 31 Jan 2024

quite worrying. Spencer is smarter than me, which is a given, but I'm spiteful too. Possibly a sociopath. I always want stuff. But to be fair to myself and Spencer, my mum has been dead for years, and I never tried to dig her up, well, not very...

Posted in Parcel for you..Part 17

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that was fucking awful. Not

Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2024

that was fucking awful. Not your journal and travel writing. Of course that was like a waterfall or some other metaphor for very nice. Almost as good as carrot jam. I'm toasting you and the Persians with a drink of non-alcholic alcohol.

Posted in Cherries and Dahlia Petals

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I couldn't get the riddle

Posted on Sat, 03 Feb 2024

I couldn't get the riddle either. I was thinking like an adult too. Mayfly, butterfly...keep the beauty moving.

Posted in "Unwanted Magic" 4

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wow, that's a bit of a

Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024

wow, that's a bit of a surprise. Thanks for reading guys. I wasn't sure it would get cherried (unless, of course, I gave it one myself, as I've been known to do-- shhh).